Talking-machine.



J. O. ENGLISH.

TALKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1909. 1 17 597 Patented. Aug.18,1914.

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WITNESSES J. U. ENGLISH. TALKING MACHINE. APPLI IATION FILED JULY 10, 1909.

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WITNESSES 7% By Y V I ATTORNEY J. O. ENGLISH.

TALKING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 10, 1909.

' 1,107,597 PatentedAug. 18, 1914 I INVEN'I'OR fE /ZI Q QW BLY MM ATTORNEY- UNITED STATES PATENT JOHN C. ENGLISH, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGN'OR TO VICTOR TALKING MACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TALKING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that 1, JOHN C. ENGLISH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Camden, county of Camden,

and 'State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Talking Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

' The main objects of this invention are, to rovide an improved compact inclosed talklng machine; to provide an improved talking machine having a record support and a jointed amplifier in which the major portion-0r delivery end .of the amplifier is adjustable toward and away from the record support; to provide. an improved talking machine having a record support, actuating mechanism, and a jointed amplifier above the record support, all inclosed in a cabinet;

to dprovide a talking machine having a recsupport, actuating mechanism, and an amplifier, all inclosed in a cabinet comprising a body portion and an adjustable cover,

and in which the delivery end of the amplifier may be adjusted outside of the body of the cabinet between the body and the cover, and independently of the cover; to provide means for automatically returning a sound box arm to an inoperative position at one side of the record support; and to provide other improvements as will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1,

is a fragmentary side elevation partly in vertical section, of a talking machine constructed in accordance with thisinvention; Fig. 2 a similar side elevation partly in vertical section showing the parts of the same in inoperative position; Fig. 8 a fragmentary top plan view of the same showing the cabinet closed and the parts of the machine in inoperative position.

Referring to thedrawings, one embodiment of this invention comprises a casing or cabinet having a body portion 1 open at its upper end and provided with a -cover 2 hinged thereto upon a horizontal axis as at 3, forming a closure for the upper end of the body portion. This cover comprises a top wall 4 having a downwardly flaring rim 5 formin the sides of the cover.

The ody ofthecabinet is divided by a Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 18 1914. Application filed July 10, 1909. Serial No. 506,865.

horizontal partition 6, into an upper compartment 7 and a lower compartment 8, and

this partition is provided with a rectangular aperture 9 in which rests a motor casing 10 containln the actuating mechanism (not shown) 0 the machine;

Mounted upon the top 11 of the motor casing 10, and within the upper compartment 6 of the cabinet is a rotary disk record support 12 adapted to hold the usual disk sound record 13. Arranged above the record support in position to cooperate therewith is the usual sound box 15 mounted upon the usual U-shaped tube 16 ivotally supported by the free end of a orwardly tapering tubular sound box arm 17. The sound box arm is arranged in a substantially horizontal plane-and the larger end of the arm 15 'curved upwardly through an arc of about 90 degrees and fits rotatably within a cylindrical aperture 19 of an annular lateral extension 20-of:a vertical bracket 21.

.end of the pivot passes-through a hig er sleeve 27 projecting downwardly from the arm, and engages in a suitable socket 28 in the bracket beneath the arm,.the arm being held rigid with the pivot by means of a set screw 29 and the ends of the pivot being rotatably mounted in the s ider and bracket respectively. The sound x arm is thus mounted to swing in a horizontal plane about a fixed vertical axis.

The tapering tubular sound box arm 17 may be considered as forming the neck or smaller portion of a jointed sectional substantially U-shaped sound amplifier, the body or major portion 30 of which is movable with respect to the neck. The body of the amplifier is'prefrably so proportioned The lower end of the bracket 21 is provided with and located as tobe at all times out of contact with any part of the cabinet and above the plane of the upper edges of the body of when the cover is closed. This body is preftrunn'ions rigid with the elbow and ex "vid'ed with a segment ""prqvidqd te igh. if ries, of "spaced teeth arranged" in m m' un nected to the fixed brackdfifl by a "screw"47 For holdingithebody-30 in any desired position of movement about per curved freefend o "a e'pn catch the cabinet, and? to be surrounded by the downwardly flaring rim of the cover 2,

erably substantially rectangular and oblong in transverse section an com arativeli flat, comprising two substantially at soun ing boards 31 and 32 forming the top and bottom res ectively of the bod of the amplifier, and two substantially at vertically arranged boards 33 and 34 forming "the sides of the body. The top andbottom boards diverge s ightly forwardly toward the front of the cabinet and the sides of the am lifier also diverge forwardly but to a greater degree than the top and bottom.

The inner ends of the four boards of the body of the amplifier, are snugly fitted in a transversely rectangular rigid socket 35 formed by the outer end ofea hollow rigid longitudinally tapering elbow 36., 'The rear or smaller portion bf the elbow 36 curves downwardly, preferably through about 90 degrees,- te'rminatin in a c lindrical convex transverse end wa 37, a apted to engage against the coaxial cylindrically concave transverse end wall 38 of the upper portion of the fixed bracket 21, supporting the sound box arm.

The elbow 36 is pivoted upon horizontal tending in opposite directions therefrom- .respectively, which are rotatablymounted in suitable apertures or bearings 41in the 'up. 'per. ends of upwardly extending arms 42. The lower ends of the arms 42 are rigidly secured "by screws 43, or other suitable means, to the opposite sidesr'espectively of the-annular extension 20 of the fixed bracket 21, the axis-of the trunnions beingcoincident with the axis-sot curvature of'the cylindrical end of the' elbowfand-the correspondi cylindrical 11 end of the bracket. "The b y 30 of the amplifier is thus mounted to swing about the fixed' axis of the trunnions 40,an"d'. -in a lane 'transverse and substan, 'tially 'p'erpend cula'rfto" the plane of therec- 0rd" :'-support','" the convex end ofethe elbow sliding over the concave" surface of thebracket, and the'interior offth'e amplifier be ingjkept in communication with the interior v *be forced rearwardly by the :crank arm roftlieisoiind-box a I 15f, 'tlieamplifier its longitudinal axis, the elbow-36 is. procentric with the axis of movementtoffthe body and adapted to beiengaged by the up 46", the lower end ofwhicli is y: con;

or other suitable means. The upper end orthe' springzlcatch is curved" to fit in the re-;

"t e rod outwardly and swinging t cesses between the teeth of -the segment and,

"yields to permit of the manual movement of the body of the amplifier but holds it against being displaced by its own weight.

A yielding stop 48 of rubber or other suitable material is arranged in a recess in the upper surface of the front portion of the bracket 21 to engage against the under surface of the elbow 36 to hold the elbow when in its lowest position, and to prevent any injury to the machine by the accidental dropping of the body of the amplifier. The-stop 18 preferably so positioned that it will hold the body 30 of the amplifier in a substantially horizontal position.

- For supporting the cover 2 in any desired position, of movement about its hinges, a bar 50 is pivoted at one end upon a plate 51 attached to the inner surface of one side of the cover and is provided adjacent its opposite end upon. its under edge with notches 52 adapted to receive a pin or cross bar'53 which extends across an aperture 54 in a plate 55 attached to the upper side of the .orizontal'partition 6, the partition being provided wlth an aperture registering with the aperture in the plate to permit thebar 50 to pass therethrough. v

For automatically swinging the sound box ,arm' about its horizontal pivot, and into inoperative position, as shown in Figs; 2 and 3, the U tube16 is provided with a detachable sleeve :60 carrying therewith a crank arm 61 to the'free end of which is pivoted one end of a rod 62, the pther end of which" is slidablyfmounted in an aperture provided therefor in" the. upper end of an upright standard 3 rotatab y mounted upon a base 64 rigid with the partition 6 ofthe cabinet.

An adjustable sleeve or stop 65 is "slidably mounted upon the'rod 62 ,and held in place by alset scre tt, and between this stop and the standard 63, the rod is surrounded by a spiral spring 66. The stop is so positioned on the rod 63 that when the sound box is in operation traveling across a record the spring will not be acted upon b anyforcertending to compress it, and wil not have any influence upon the movement of the sound box, but when the box is liftedmanuall-yfrom its operative position and in verted overth'e-soundbox arm, the'rod will through the standard '63 compressing v:the- J {spiral sprin'g'66i "Upon'jthe releaseof' the.v

sound box arm outwardly and to one side .o'f'th'e' out interferingwith' the soundxbox.

body of the amplifier so'that the amplifiermay be swunginto its lowest position was I.

In operatingthe machine, the cover is raisedand held' in suitable position'by meats of the notched bar 50, th'eam lifieris-then raised and is automatically he d suitable 1st I position by the spring 46 engaging in one of the recesses in the notched segment 45. A record is then placed upon the record support, whereupon the sound box arm may be swung into position and the sound box swung down into engagement with the rection as shown in Fig. 1. When not inoperation, the machine is ordinarily kept with the sound box inverted upon its arm and at one side of the amplifier, and with the amplifier in its lowest position and resting upon the yielding stop 48, and with the cover' closed upon the body of the cabinet.

The internal surfaces of the downwardly I flaring sides of the cover form with the inner surface of the to of the cover a flaring reflector-which may e inclined to direct the sound waves set up in the air within the cabinet surrounding the body of the amplifier, forwardly from the cabinet through the opening thus formed between the cover and the body of the cabinet, and these sounds would mingle with the sounds issuing from the mouth or delivery end of the amplifier and are thought to increase theefficiency of the' machine.

Although only one form of this invention is here illustrated, it is obvious that the invention is not limited to the particular form shown, as many changes might be made in the construction without departing from the Spirit of this invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim and desire to protect by Letters Pat ent of the United States:

1. The combination with a record support, of sound reproducing mechanism arranged to cooperate with said support, .a jointed amplifier having independently movable sections comprising a movable delivery end'mounted above said support, communicating with said reproducing mechanism, and a cabinet wholly inclosing said ampli;

fier and having a cover movable independ- -ently of said deliv ery end.

2. In a talking machine, the combination with a record support, of sound reproducing means arranged to cooperate therewith, a jointed sectional amplifier having a major portion arranged above said support to swing upon a fixed axis, and a casing inclosing said amplifier and having a cover movable independently of said'major portion upon an axis parallel with the axis of oscillation of said major portion.

3. In a talking machine, the combination with a sound box arm arranged to'oscillate in a substantially horizontal plane, of a sound box carried'by said arm and movable with respect thereto," and means connected A .to said sound box whereby, amovement of said box with respect to said arm reacts to eflect'a movement of said arm in its horizontal plane.

4. In a talking machine, the combination with a swinging sound box arm, of a sound box carried thereby and invertible with reposition.

6. In a talking machine, thecombination with a sound box arm mountedgto swing abouta fixed axis, of a. sound box pivotally. supported thereon, and means actuated by a partial rotation of said sound box upon its axis with respect to'said arm' to swing the said arm into an inoperative position.

7. The combination with a s'oiind box arm mounted to swing about a fixed axis, of a U-shaped tube rotatably mounted upon said arm, a sound box carried by said U-shaped tube, acrank arm rigid with said tube, a rod pivoted 'at one end of said crank arm, a rotary standard slidably supporting the other end of said rod, a stop arranged upon said rod, and yielding means between said stop and said rotaryistandard.

8. In a talking machine, the combination with a fixed member, provided with a cylindrical concave upper end, the axis of said concave end being substantially horizontal, and said upper end being provided with a vertical cylindrical opening therein, a tubular sound box arm having an upwardly turned end projecting rotatably within said opening, a spider fitting snugly within said opening above said end of said arm, and a vertical pivot having its upper end mounted in said spider extending through said arm, supporting said arm, a hollow elbow having a downwardly turned cylindrical convex end coaxial with the concave .end of said bracket and cooperating therewith, and amplifying means supported by said elbow.

9. In a talking machine, the combination with a sound box, of a sound box arm supporting said sound box and restrained to .swing'in a fixedsplane, amplifying means communicating with said sound box and restrained to swing independently thereof in a fixed plane transverse to the plane of movement of said arm, and a cabinet wholly inclosing, and having a cover movable independently of, said amplifying means.

10. In a talking machine, the combination with a record support, of sound reproducing means arranged to cooperate with a sound record on said support, an arm carrying said sound reproducing means and mounted to swing across said record support, sound amplifying means cooperating with said sound reproducing means and arranged to swing independently thereof and toward and away from said record support, and a cabinet wholly inclosing, and having a cover movable independently of, said amplifying means.'

11. In 'a talking machine, the combination with a record support, of sound reproducing means arranged to cooperate therewith, a sound amplifier having a major portion arranged above said support to oscillate about a predetermined horizontal axis, and areasing inclosing said amplifier and having a cover movable independently of said major portion upon an axis spaced from said first mentioned axis.

12. In a talking machine, the combination of a record support, of sound reproducing means arranged to coiiperate therewith, a sound amplifier having a major portion mounted to oscillate about a predetermined axis and communicating with said sound reaxis, said major portion being held stationary durin sound reproduction.

13. In a tal 'ng mach1ne,.the combination of a record support, ofsound reproducing means arranged to cooperate-with said sup port, a sound amplifier having a major por tion above said support, of a casing entirely inclosing said amplifier, said casing comprising a body portion and a hollow cover arranged above said body portion and mounted to oscillate thereon, said major portion being arranged to deliver sound waves in a straight line through the space between said cover and said body portion when said cover is open.

Inwitness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of July, 1909.

JOHN ENGLISH.

Witnesses: f v

EDWARD KARoHnR MACEWAN, CHARLES CHRISTOPHER Mom. 

